. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. e ascending,the other suspended. Capsule3-lobed, 3-celled, sphtting through the cells ; the valvesbearing the partitions in the middle. Seeds roughish, con-taining a curved embryo lying among a large quantity offleshy albumen ; cotyledons linear ; radicle next thehilum. The few plants which recent WTiters have combinedinto this Natmal Order, have been generally refeiTed tosome place in the Geranial Alhance, from aU which theyare distinguished by theu valvate calyx ; from Indian
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. e ascending,the other suspended. Capsule3-lobed, 3-celled, sphtting through the cells ; the valvesbearing the partitions in the middle. Seeds roughish, con-taining a curved embryo lying among a large quantity offleshy albumen ; cotyledons linear ; radicle next thehilum. The few plants which recent WTiters have combinedinto this Natmal Order, have been generally refeiTed tosome place in the Geranial Alhance, from aU which theyare distinguished by theu valvate calyx ; from IndianCresses (Tropeeolacese) they are distinguished by then-small albuminous seeds, and regulai flowers; from Mal-lowworts, &c. by their not ha\ang columnar ribbed calyx and permanent withering corollaare quite peculiar. It may be that we have here an ap-proach to Frankeniads. All the members of this Order which have yet beendiscovered inhabit Chili and South Brazil. They are not reported to possess any useful properties ;but the Vivianias would be pretty greenliouse plants if theycould be
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